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Hey, It's a Living

New York Times, Sunday, December 14, 1997

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Salomon. Sunday freshness: 32%
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© 1997, The New York Times12/14/97 ( No. 17,568 )
Across
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Calculating machine inventor, 1642 : PASCAL
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Reach : ENDUPAT
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Protest : OPPOSE
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Delphi temple god : APOLLO
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Invented word : COINAGE
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Fingerprint features : WHORLS
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Supper : REPAST
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Job for a restaurant server? : HURRYUPANDWAIT
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Pesticide : POISON
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Had dinner at home : ATEIN
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Three-way joint : TEE
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Professional org. : AMA
33
Milne marsupial : ROO
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Yugoslav novelist ___ Andric : IVO
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Mildew cause : DAMPNESS
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Job for a statistician? : RANKANDFILE
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Hurting the most : SOREST
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Alan and Adam : ARKINS
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Blintzes, e.g. : ROLLUPS
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Dustup : ROW
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Player for coach Marv Levy : BILL
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Embargoes : BANS
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Job for a plastic surgeon? : NIPANDTUCK
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Skid row look : SEEDINESS
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Tomato-impact noises : SPLATS
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___ man : TOA
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70's All-Star ___ Otis : AMOS
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Most like a wallflower : SHIEST
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Worry : SWEAT
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Job for a mathematician? : BEFRUITFULANDMULTIPLY
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Plays the siren : LURES
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Quark/antiquark particles : MESONS
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Rudolf's refusal : NEIN
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Man-mouse link : ORA
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Food on a tray : CANAPE
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What squeaky wheels get : THEGREASE
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Job for a relay racer? : TOUCHANDGO
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Like Mongolia : ARID
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Photography woe : BLUR
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Scull : OAR
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Summoned : SENTFOR
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Jack : SEAMAN
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Styx ferryman : CHARON
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Job for a critic? : RANTANDRAVE
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London institution : THETIMES
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Rhine feeder : AAR
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Second-century date : CII
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Thumbs up : YES
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Airport info: Abbr. : ARR
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1978 disaster film, with "The" : SWARM
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Ripoffs : THEFTS
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Job for a debutante? : COMEOUTANDPLAY
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Panama party : FIESTA
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Screenfuls : IMAGES
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Caught by surprise, with "on" : STOLEUP
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Athlete's assignment : LOCKER
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Lohengrin and others : TENORS
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Toast opening : HERESTO
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Tempt : ENTICE
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Course number : PAR
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Goon : APE
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Bread, maybe : SOP
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Sound of shutters in the wind : CLAP
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Minor-party candidate : ALSORAN
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Avon products : LOTIONS
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Parrot : ECHO
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Word ending in "o" in Esperanto : NOUN
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Compass pt. : DIR
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Solve : UNRAVEL
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Check words : PAYTO
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Chill : AGUE
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Not strong : TEPID
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Have a title : OWN
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Scholarly type : PHD
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One to remember, for short : POW
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Spiels : ORATES
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Like the best ruse : SLIEST
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"Women Who Run With the Wolves" author : ESTES
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Collections : ANAS
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Landscaper's need : SOD
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Iraqis, e.g. : ARABS
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Singing Osmond : MARIE
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Shackle site : ANKLE
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Woes of the world : ILLS
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Dew times : MORNS
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Push : PROD
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Speaker's name : NEWT
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It's west of Dublin : KILDARE
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Benedictines : FRAS
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They're not free of charge : IONS
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Frees : UNPINS
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Like carpet : PILED
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Outburst : SPASM
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Ring holder : BESTMAN
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Synchronized : ATTUNED
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Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
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Christmas stocking item : COAL
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Lady of a 1918 hit : KATY
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Big name in morning radio : IMUS
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"___ won't be afraid" (1961 pop lyric) : NOI
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Classic Alan Ladd western : SHANE
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Dish out messily : SLOPON
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Ruckus : STIR
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Place for bouquets : WINEBAR
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Delete, with "out" : BLOT
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Money in the making : EURO
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Mrs. Katzenjammer, e.g. : FRAU
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Wards (off) : FENDS
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Manner of speech : USAGE
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Stage of a race : LEG
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Bank : CAROM
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1982 Disney film : TRON
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Al from New Orleans : HIRT
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Cosmetics brand : ALMAY
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Urbane : SUAVE
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Marine fliers : ERNES
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Chesterfield or ulster : COAT
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Mata ___ : HARI
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Way off : AFAR
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Violate, with "on" : TRAMPLE
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Cold symptom : SNIFFLE
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Bibliophile's concern : EDITION
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Some trim : CHROME
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Screenwriter Mankiewicz : HERMAN
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Leaves home? : NEST
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Hotshot : ACE
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Kind of approval : TACIT
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Buckle opener : SWASH
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Passion : ARDOR
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It's just for openers : ANTE
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Unbending : TAUT
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Shot shooter : HYPO
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Branch : SECT
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Swellhead's excess : EGO
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Anthem preposition : OER
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Letters before many state names : USS
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"___ Girls" (Kelly musical) : LES
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Tackle moguls : SKI
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Shamus : TEC
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"___ we having fun yet?" : ARE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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